288 THE SLAUGHTER OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 



was informed by Professor Poey that he was "about ten years 

 too late" to find this fine species alive. It was exterminated 

 for food purposes about 1864, and only four specimens are 

 known to be in existence. 



Gosse's Macaw, Ara gossei (Roth.). — This species once 

 inhabited the island of Jamaica. It was exterminated about 

 1800, and so far as known not one specimen of it is in ex- 

 istence. 



Guadeloupe Macaw, Ara guadclowpensis (Clark). — All 

 that is known of the life history of this large bird is that once 

 it inhabited the Guadeloupe Islands. The date and history 

 of its disappearance are both unknown, and there is not one 

 specimen of it in existence. 



Yellow- Winged Green Parrot, Amazona olivacea (Gm.). 

 — Of the history of this Guadeloupe species, also, nothing is 

 known, and there appear to be no specimens of it in ex- 

 istence. 



Purple Guadeloupe Parrakeet, Anodorhynclius pur- 

 purescens (Rothschild) . — This is another dead species that once 

 lived in the Guadeloupe Islands, and passed away silently and 

 unnoticed at the time, leaving no records of its existence, and 

 no specimens. 



The Carolina Parrakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis 

 (Linn.). — The fate of this charming little green-and-yellow 

 bird has already been described. 



Species of North American Birds Threatened with 

 Extermination. — At this point I must content myself with 

 entering here only a list of the next candidates for oblivion, 

 which is as follows: 



